1.If you feel you need an extra explanation on the preterit tense watch these three videos and do the exercises at the end of each. If you think you know it already and just need some practice go to exercise number 2.
Regular -ar verbs
Regular -er verbs:
Regular -ir verbs:
2. If you follow this link you will get a short reminding of the preterit. Then you can click on "First exercise" and do the activities you will find. Every time you finish an exercise you can click on "Verificar respuesta" to check your answers and then on "Próximo ejercicio" (next exercise) until you reached the first one. Instructions are given in Spanish so try to work them out and ask your teacher if you have any doubt.
3. Follow these links and conjugate the verbs in brackets. Every time you finish with a link click on the button "Resultado" to check your right and wrong answers. Click on the button "¿Quieres volver a intentarlo?" to correct your wrong answers.
4. Do you Juanes? He is a famous Colombian singer. Here is one of his songs, it is about a child who has no family or home. Listen to the song once just to check if you can understand anything, just relax. Then open the document "La historia de Juan" and fill the gaps while you listen the song again. You can do it as many times as you need. Then check your answers in the "Answers Esta es la historia de Juan" document. Enjoy!
Regular -ar verbs
Regular -er verbs:
Regular -ir verbs:
2. If you follow this link you will get a short reminding of the preterit. Then you can click on "First exercise" and do the activities you will find. Every time you finish an exercise you can click on "Verificar respuesta" to check your answers and then on "Próximo ejercicio" (next exercise) until you reached the first one. Instructions are given in Spanish so try to work them out and ask your teacher if you have any doubt.
http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/rgshiwyc/school/curric/Spanish/preterite/1.htm
3. Follow these links and conjugate the verbs in brackets. Every time you finish with a link click on the button "Resultado" to check your right and wrong answers. Click on the button "¿Quieres volver a intentarlo?" to correct your wrong answers.
http://pot-pourri.fltr.ucl.ac.be/gra/exercices/verbo/preteritos01/verbos01/exe.cfm?serie=1
http://pot-pourri.fltr.ucl.ac.be/gra/exercices/verbo/preteritos01/verbos01/exe.cfm?serie=2
http://pot-pourri.fltr.ucl.ac.be/gra/exercices/verbo/preteritos01/verbos01/exe.cfm?serie=3
http://pot-pourri.fltr.ucl.ac.be/gra/exercices/verbo/preteritos01/verbos01/exe.cfm?serie=4
4. Do you Juanes? He is a famous Colombian singer. Here is one of his songs, it is about a child who has no family or home. Listen to the song once just to check if you can understand anything, just relax. Then open the document "La historia de Juan" and fill the gaps while you listen the song again. You can do it as many times as you need. Then check your answers in the "Answers Esta es la historia de Juan" document. Enjoy!
If you want to consult a dictionary you can use this one on-line:
http://www.wordreference.com/